Exhaust-box for cans.



A. CBRRUTI.

EXHAUST BOX FOR CANS.

APPLICATION FILED 00131, 1912,

1 ,068,565, Patented July 29, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 TL. J

Witmes ses.

A. CERRUTI.

EXHAUST BOX FOR SANS,

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 31|, 1M?

Patented July 29. 191il 2 SHEETS SHEET? Wdmes ses UNITED STATES T'OFFICE.

AHTONIO GERRUTI, OF SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T0 CALIFORNIAFRUIT CANNERS ASSOCIATION, OF SAN FRANCSCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION 0FCALIFORNIA.

'EXEAUSKBOX FOR CNS.

Speeicaton of Letters Patent.

-pplicatioxi filed Getober 31, 1912.

Yni'ented July 29, 191 3.

Serial No. 728,874.

To all 'wko/mI 'iii may confie-rn.:

Be it known that l, AN'roNio CERRUTI, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Franeisno und State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inExhausboxes for Cans, of which the following is a specifican tion.

My invention relates, generally, to hentingv boxes used in the canningart, and while it is applicable to apparatus and devis for subjectingthe :cans to heat for cooking their contents, as such term is applied tothe seeond lo# final cook, it is particularly adapted for what is knownas the first cook, that is, for applying sulieient heat :to the stillopen but fllledeans to `ex Vvl the air prior to capping the cans, sa'vapparatus being com monly called un exhaustsbox.

- The object of my invention is to provide o device of that type whichemploys a com4 peratively small and compact box occupying but littleroom on the floor, and in which thev path of the cans is extensive-enough to gain the necessary time lof subjection to the heat;

'and to improve said box by a novel course of the can-path which willresult. in economy of heat. i

Accordingly, my invention consists in the 'novel heating; or exhaust boxwhich I 'shall now fully describe by reference to 'the neoon'ipainyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical sec-tional view of my boxtaken on line ,one .of Fig. 2, many of the interior parts, such as thecan tracks, the cable guide, supporting members and. the like` being'omitted, for the sake of .more elem-ly showing the course of the cableon the rising side, und thus indicating' the path of cans. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of my box taken on line 12:w of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a.horizontal section, enlarged, of one end of Fig. 2, in vorder to moreclearly show the oomrmmii-ation of the rising with the de seendingfcnn-path] l'fig. l is a vertical section, enlarged mid broken, of oneend of the box, taken on the descending csnpzith side of seid box. A

The l may be of any suitable character. YIt is a closed, tight box withthe exception of an entrance aperture or Opern ing and an exit apertureor openingT and both of these are in the lower portion of the box, inthe ends thereof, the entrance open ingr f beingr seen in Figs. l and Q,and the exit openino P) beingr .seen in Figs. Il and Ll. lfithiu the om;is o, sheet nii-tal lining; 4.

5 are vertu-,ally disposed metul supports.y preferably of channelsection, us indicated in Figs. i2 und il. 'l`hcse .supports arenrrungeil ir. two lines longitudinally of the box, three being hereshown in emh line. To these supporls ure scoured the horizontal arms 6.These urn'is are on euch side of each/support and are in vertical seriesthereon.

Arranged within the box :1nd nl, one sifle thereof is .fi .series oi'reversely arranged inclined track sections extending' 'from one endportion of the box to thi` other und ulternzltely connected :it oppositeends of the box to form a continuous way from the lower portion of thebox to the upper portion thereof, and at the other side ofthe box is a,series of reversely arranged inclined track sections extendingr from oneend portion of the box to the other and alternately connected atopposite ends of the box to form e continuous track descending from theupper port' in of the box to the lower portion thereo The track sectionsare made up of anglo rails 7 arranged in pairs and supported u on thehorizontal arms 6.

For a bet. er understanding, it will be well at this point to describethe course of the cable. It is a single endless cable. .y

lVilhin the box are four vertical spindles 10, two at nach endsymmetrically disposed.

Fig. l, it will be seen that said cab e passes the lowermost pulley 11on one of the near spindles lO. and thence extends on e rising inclineto the lowermost pulley on the corresponding spindle at the opposite endof the box; thence Around said pulley and back again on a rising inclineto the next pulley above on the first spindle; thence around said pulleyand to :the far end again on a rising incline to the pulley next aboveon the far spindle and so on back and forth in rising inclines to theuppermost pulley on the fur shaft. Now referring' to Fig. 3 it will heseen that the cable passes directly over to the uppermost pulley on theadjacent spinvnd of 'Liw inwind imntinnmi track communi- ':iiug wih timxii from Hm box. unil n'iQfmS i fm' profi-Viewing the vany npun ho mvks.

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